Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) and Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation chief Ali Akbar Salehi address journalists at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr on January 13, 2015Mohammad Berno (Iranian Presidency/AFP/File) Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday announced … Read More
More than 140 refugees arrived in just four days from September 1 to 4, in what the Cypriot government said was a significant spike in irregular immigration. Cyprus appealed on Wednesday to the European Union for more help in dealing … Read More
Dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, according to a Palestinian official. Dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, according to a … Read More
Hijab ruled out a military victory by regime forces in Syria’s 7-year civil war. DOHA Former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab has ruled out a military victory by regime forces in Syria’s 7-year civil war, saying Russia will eventually realize … Read More
Iran’s state-owned Persian news outlets have put significant emphasis on the recent announcement by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley that President Donald Trump is planning to chair a meeting on Iran in late September. The meeting to discuss the Islamic … Read More
Emmanuel Macron will desperately need Britain on his side as a political ally in the run-up to the European Parliament elections next May, amid fears among Brussels establishment that anti-EU forces could take over the bloc’s institutions. Emmanuel Macron is … Read More
THE EUROPEAN Parliament elections in May next year will put the EU leadership under severe pressure to strike a Brexit deal with Britain, according to former Vote Leave campaigner Gisela Stuart. Former Labour MP Gisela Stuart has predicted that the … Read More
ANGELA Merkel’s approval rating has dropped to an all-time low amid the ongoing row over migration policy and a spate of violent far-right protests in Chemnitz. Support for Germany’s grand coalition between Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc and the Social Democrats … Read More
The Palestinian Authority denounced the administration’s move as “an act of political blackmail” President Donald Trump is seen on Sept. 6, 2018, in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration is withdrawing $25 million it had committed to the East Jerusalem Hospital … Read More
Like many European countries affected by an influx of Syrian migrants and refugees, immigration policy has become central to Sweden’s election. And after more than a half-century of soft, center-left policies there, analysts predict that voters on Sunday will elect … Read More